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Quote by Julia Child
I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along

I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think its hard for young people today, dont you, to realize that when World War II happened we were dying to go and help our country. – Julia Child

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When I got to France I realized I didnt know very much about food at all. Id never had a real cake. Id had those cakes from cake mixes or the ones that have a lot of baking powder in them. A really good French cake doesnt have anything like that in it – its all egg power. – Julia Child

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